英语作文介绍汉语特点

英语作文:介绍汉语特点.

如下：

AllChinesedialectsshareonewritingsystemofabout40.000symbolswhichare'universally'comprehensible.SpokenChinesevarietiesoftenaremutuallyincomprehensible.

Chineseisatonallanguage.

Themeaningofawordchangesaccordingtoitstone.Thereare4tonesinMandarinChinese:flat,rising,fallingthenrisingandfalling.Otherdialectsfeatureupto9differenttones.

Allwordshaveonlyonegrammaticalformonly

Thereisnogrammaticaldistinctionbetweensingularorplural,nodeclinationofverbsaccordingtotense,moodandaspect.

Thedistinctionbetweensingularorpluralisaccomplishedbysentencestructure.Tensesareindicatedbyadverbsoftime('yesterday','later')orparticles.

Soundsgreat?Well,2differenttypesofaspectswhichareunlikeanythinginanyEuropeanlanguagegiveinformationastotherelevancyofanoccurrenceandacomplexsystemofsuffixestodistinguishthedirection,possibility,andsuccessofanactionhelpcomplicatethisapparentlyeasygrammar…

Questionsareformedbyusageofparticles,thewordorder(mostlySubject,Verb,Object)remainsunchanged.